27. 1)Durga from Andhra Pradesh used to sing in trains around the Sion station in
Mumbai where one day filmmaker Anand Surapur came across her and offered her
the chance to sing for an album.
While working on that album at Anand’s office, ___X___came across Durga &
impressed by the texture of her voice she offered her the chance to sing a Song in
the movie ___Y___…
The song’s catchphrase is __Z___ ,a North Bihar slang whose meaning closely
resembles the english word "shambolic" or in pure hindi it gets translated to "ast vyast“…
When asked what __Z__ means,Durga laughs & says “Poora satyanash”
Gimme X,Y,Z
31. 3)In a county game between Durham & Kent in 2007,Simon__X___ was caught behind by
Phil __Y__ off Graham__Z___ ,the ENGLAND BOWLER hence making for an amusing entry on
the scorecard which read X caught Y bowled Z…
Describing the entry,CRICINFO states “All the Durham pair need for the ultimate FAST-FOOD
FEAST is to come up against the Namibian Allrounder KOLA BURGER…
X,Y & Z please…
32. 4)RICHARD PARKER was the name of the Tiger in LIFE OF
PI….
Incidentally,LIFE OF PI wasn’t the only Hollywood movie of
2012 with a character named RICHARD PARKER…
Which was the other movie,which incidentally also starred
IRRFAN KHAN ??
33. 5)A Raja Ravi Varma
painting showing an
incident from Indian
mythology..
If the person in the
background is Lord
Shiva,who are the people
in the foreground??
34. 6)In the world of Sports,if Cristiano Ronaldo’s initials are
associated with the number 7(ie, CR7)
then
What number would you associate with the initials CP??
40. 8)The story behind how the drug __X__ got its name is an
interesting one…
It was created at the UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN,supported by the WISCONSIN ALUMNI
RESEARCH FOUNDATION & hence had an obvious
reference to it in the name…
However,because its first ever use was as a rodenticide for
killing rats,a section of the researchers also (wrongly)
believed that it was named after the WISCONSIN ANTI RAT
FOUNDATION..
Which is the drug in question??
41.
42. Warfarin
The WARF part was a reference to the Wisconsin
Alumni Research foundation
The arin part denoted that it was a coumarin
derivative
44. 10)“I always listen to the little boy inside me in these
situations-when you have to make the harder decisions in
life…
What does he want??
That boy was screaming for ___X___
From my side,and __Y__ as well,there are no hard feelings..
There were certain elements which were vital to me that
we had a different view..
That is life…
Nobody is angry at me & I’m not angry at them.”
X,Y and the Speaker??(NO part-points)
45.
46.
47. 11)TENVIC is a SPORTS Management Company based in BENGALURU
with its objectives & offerings as mentioned above…
Name its owner…
48. 12)___X___: “Don’t tell me I’m wrong,you brat.Proving
Superman’s guilt is my whole mission in life”…
___Y___: “Ow! __X___,your grief has obsessesd you with
this idea of vengeance,I beg you…Give it up”…
A slight change in the image accompanying this
conversation propelled this back into public attention in
2008 & has since been used & reused in various forms…
What is being referred to??
58. 16)
Which person working in the above organisation owns a
Two bedroom flat in the place shown in the image,with a western
style commode & a garden below where every year Dandiya is
played??
He is presently at the receiving end of advertising ire nationwide….
61. 17)Installed during Winter months,these are images from South
African Farms…
These can also be seen in particularly arid regions such as the
ATACAMA desert in Mexico…
What is their purpose??
62. 18)After President
OBAMA
Expressed his views
about something in
May,2012,the magazine
NEWSWEEK came out
with this highly
controversial cover
causing a great
furore…
Give me the word that’s
been hidden/Explain
why was it
controversial??
63.
64.
65. 19)To quote an article from the DAILYMAIL,UK
‘___X____ started off as a prank that initially bemused a few spectators
but has since grown into a global phenomenon…
And despite the threat of snow and bleak midwinter
temperatures,many hardy thrill seekers braved bracing conditions &
took to the London Underground today to take part in __X__
It was all part of the __X__ 13th annual celebration of riding the World’s
Underground in a way characteristic of ___X___
X please….
68. ROUND THREE
An illustration of famous JOHNNY DEPP roles over the years…
name the Movie for points
+5 for each correct answer
Bonus of +10 if you get all correct
69.
70.
71. 1984-Nightmare on ELM STREET
1990-Edward Scissorhands
1994-Ed Wood
1998-Fear & loathing in Las Vegas
1999-Sleepy Hollow
2003-Pirates of the Caribbean-the curse of the Black Pearl
2005-Charlie & the Chocolate factory
2007-SWEENEY TODD-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2010-Alice in Wonderland
2012-Dark shadows
76. 21)6 departments of the Harvard University,namely,Faculty of Arts &
Sciences,Harvard divinity School,Harvard Graduate School of
Design,Harvard Business School.Harvard medical school & the
Harvard School of Public health,have come together to study __X___
The South Asia Institute at Harvard describes __X__ on its Website
thus…
“A temporary city is created within the city of __Y__ to house visitors
from far & wide..This city is laid out on a grid,constructed and
deconstructed within a matter of weeks…Within the grid,multiple
aspects of contemporary urbanism come to fruition,including spatial
Zoning,an electricity grid,food and water distribution,physical
infrastructure construction,mass vaccinations,public gathering spaces &
night-time social events”
X & Y please
82. 23) Situated in Woolsthorpe Manor,Lincolnshire,England this tree
draws huge number of visitors everyday…Why the interest??
83. 24) World Joyland is a theme park in China's coastal Jiangsu province spread
over 600,000 square meters reportedly costing $48m (£30m) to build…
Have a look at the images over the next 6 slides & tell me what is it inspired by??
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89. 25)What is common between the following news
headlines published in various Indian newspapers
and websites in the last decade??
--“Unable to attract even a single girl,man sues
AXE”
--“Men talking loud on mobile during movies have
smaller penises”
-- “Unable to figure out Google Wave,man kills
himself”
91. 27)
Some of the lesser-known products from Imangi Studios :-Harbor Master
-Harbor Master HD
-Max adventure
-Hippo High Drive
-Geo Spark
-Little Red Sled
-Word Squares
-Photomarkr
What is its most famous creation,one that most of us would
have heard of??
92.
93.
94. 28)Pictured above is a flower of the plant,Psychotropia elata,a small
understory tree in tropical forests …
By what quirky name are they known,based on their rather unusual
shape??
95. 29)“Not only have you got a f***ing bent husband and a f***ing bent daughter that
gets taken to school in a F***ing sedan chair,you’re also f***ing mental.
Jesus Christ,see you,you’re a f***ing ___X____,that’s what you are.
You’re like that coffee machine,you know,from bean to cup,you f*** up”
--Malcom Tucker(Peter Capaldi) to Nicola Murray(Rebecca Front)
SERIES 3,Episode 1 of the BBC political satire THE THICK OF IT
Broadcast in 2009,this was the first time ever __X__ was used…
The term received international attention in JULY 2012,when __Y__
questioned LONDON’s preparation levels for the OLYMPICS while
visiting LONDON a day before the opening ceremony…
The English media criticised __Y___ heavily and created a new word
which was a mixture of X & Y….
X,Y & the new word??
96. 30) A girl who’s warm & humanly during the day
A classy girl who knows how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter at night
A girl with that kind of twist…
I’m a guy
A guy who is warm as you during the day
A guy who one-shots his coffee even before it cools down
A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
That kind of guy…
Beautiful,lovable
Yes,you,hey,yes,you,hey
Beautiful,lovable
Yes,you,hey,yes,you,hey
Now lets go till the end…
English version of which super-popular song??
99. 31)The XY was a form of entertainment amongst the African
American community..
Well-dressed couples who took part in this competition were made to
__Y___ around a __X___
The pair that performed this task most gracefully was given a
prize,which was most often the __X__ itself..
Later,XY also referred to a form of dance…
The ENGLISH LANGUAGE picked the word & is now used in a
completely different context as we know it,its modern meaning being
something which is very easily achieved
The word please??
100. 32)For 3 days & 3 nights,Magician DAVID BLAINE stood surrounded by
1 million volts of electricity without food or sleep.
Fans could interact & engage with Blaine during the performance
using a____X____,controlling the intensity & direction of the Tesla
coils..
All this was a marketing gimmick for the launch of ___X____
101.
102.
103. 33)In the pic,the guy’s holding something called the COTTONian
SHIELD
Who’s this famous Indian??
107. 35)When the LONDON OLYMPICS COMMITTEE decided to name 361 Metro stations of the
LONDON TUBE after top sportspersons in the Olympics over the years just three Indians
made it to the list,all from the same sport…
The 1st two are brothers & the 3rd passed away recently…
Name all three
108. 36)This Pakistani pop singer made many songs in the late '80s and early '90s that
anyone growing up during those decades will have fond memories of…
But just the mention of this onetime pop sensation's name will play out the intro of
his massive hit, ‘_____’in the heads of most children of the '80s,a song which can
still be heard in small towns & closer home,you could’ve seen many dance to it at
one of the parties at the BOYS HOSTEL,AFMC
Song & artist please…
112. 38)One of the most famous logos in the corporate world,the font of
the logo of this company when first revealed was thought to be a
mistake as one of its letters lay out of plane…
Later,when it was revealed that the design was deliberate,the owner
explained it saying that it was an indication towards his ‘desire to turn
the world on its head’…
And true to what he said,his company has indeed gone on to
completely change the industry on its head….
Which company/logo??
113.
114.
115. Last Round
Theme round
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•
•
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9 questions, all connected by a common theme
A correct answer after the first 3 means 30/-15
A correct answer after the first 6 means 20/-10
A correct entry at the end means 10/0.
All entries to be submitted in written.
+5 for each correct answer as well
Really easy connect…Intelligent guessing will see
you through
116. 1)Megasthenes,a Greek ethnographer & an ambassador of Seleucus
Necator to the court of CHANDRAGUPTA MOURYA ,in his famous
work INDICA, described an Indian tribe called Sourasenoi,who
worshipped a deity called HERAKLES in their land which consisted of
two cities,METHORA & KLEISOBORA & a river called JOBARES…
Indian historians have speculated that the:
Sourasenoi could’ve referred to Shurasenas
Methora could’ve referred to Mathura
Kleisobora could’ve referred to Krishnapura
Jobares could’ve referred to Jamuna
Herakles-----___________???
117. 2)
‘There are no rights and wrongs,only POWER’
Tagline of which Bollywood movie??
118. 3)This 1981 film is a satire on the angst
of a worker in Mumbai,exemplified by
a young Christian car mechanic played
by (Naseeruddin Shah) who is under
the illusion that if he works hard and
emulates the rich, one day he can also
be successful…
The film was quite successful & even
won a FilmFare…
However,the movie’s name has proved
to be an oft-repeated catchphrase used
by all-&-sundry ‘to question as to why
someone gets angry repeatedly’
Gimme that catchphrase/the movie’s
name…
120. 4)A literal translation of the ___X____ reads
“May we attain the excellent glory of SAVITAR,the Sun God,
So may he stimulate our prayers”
--Translated by Ralph Griffith from the hymns of the
Rigaveda
121. 5)
Growing up in the 90’s if you saw the following actors in various roles
on screen:Shahbaz Khan as a prince
Mukesh Khanna as a Warrior named Jaanbaaz
Parikshit Sahni as a King
Varsha Usgaonkar as a SNAKE QUEEN
Pankaj Dheer as a King & Durga Jasraj her queen
Surendra Singh as his enemy king
Akhilendra Mishra as the Villain(with an iconic,evil laugh)
Irrfan khan in a twin role as the king’s henchman with mystical
powers
Then name the character you’d have seen Shikha Swaroop play in the
same show….
122. 6)
The Kenyan cricketer in pic
and his father are unique as
the only father/son pair to
appear as batsman and
umpire in the same One-day
International where against
Bangladesh at Nairobi in
August 2006,the father
gave his son out lbw..
Name this cricketer..
129. 1)Megasthenes,a Greek ethnographer & an ambassador of Seleucus
Necator to the court of CHANDRAGUPTA MOURYA ,in his famous
work INDICA, described an Indian tribe called Sourasenoi,who
worshipped a deity called HERAKLES in their land which consisted of
two cities,METHORA & KLEISOBORA & a river called JOBARES…
Indian historians have speculated that the:
Sourasenoi could’ve referred to Shurasenas
Methora could’ve referred to Mathura
Kleisobora could’ve referred to Krishnapura
Jobares could’ve referred to Jamuna
Herakles-----___________???
133. 3)This 1981 film is a satire on the angst
of a worker in Mumbai,exemplified by
a young Christian car mechanic played
by (Naseeruddin Shah) who is under
the illusion that if he works hard and
emulates the rich, one day he can also
be successful…
The film was quite successful & even
won a FilmFare…
However,the movie’s name has proved
to be an oft-repeated catchphrase used
by all-&-sundry ‘to question as to why
someone gets angry repeatedly’
Gimme that catchphrase/the movie’s
name…
135. 4)A literal translation of the ___X____ reads
“May we attain the excellent glory of SAVITAR,the Sun God,
So may he stimulate our prayers”
--Translated by Ralph Griffith from the hymns of the
Rigaveda
137. 5)
Growing up in the 90’s if you saw the following actors in various roles
on screen:Shahbaz Khan as a prince
Mukesh Khanna as a Warrior named Jaanbaaz
Parikshit Sahni as a King
Varsha Usgaonkar as a SNAKE QUEEN
Pankaj Dheer as a King & Durga Jasraj her queen
Surendra Singh as his enemy king
Akhilendra Mishra as the Villain(with an iconic,evil laugh)
Irrfan khan in a twin role as the king’s henchman with mystical
powers
Then name the character you’d have seen Shikha Swaroop play in the
same show….
139. 6)
The Kenyan cricketer in pic
and his father are unique as
the only father/son pair to
appear as batsman and
umpire in the same One-day
International where against
Bangladesh at Nairobi in
August 2006,the father
gave his son out lbw..
Name this cricketer..
